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Simple D3.js Bar Chart Using Reusable Pattern
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Updatable Charts (3 of 4)</title>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.5/d3.min.js"></script>
<script src="reusableBarChart.js"></script>
<style>
body {
padding: 20px 0 0 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="weatherHistory"></div>
<br>
<div id="runningHistory"></div>
<script>
var milesRun = [2, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5];
var highTemperatures = [77, 71, 82, 87, 84, 78, 80, 84, 86, 72, 71, 68, 75, 73, 80, 85, 86, 80];
var runningChart = barChart().barPadding(2);
d3.select('#runningHistory')
.datum(milesRun)
.call(runningChart);
var weatherChart = barChart().fillColor('coral');
d3.select('#weatherHistory')
.datum(highTemperatures)
.call(weatherChart);
</script>
</body>
</html>
// Using Mike Bostock's Towards Reusable Charts Pattern
function barChart() {
// All options that should be accessible to caller
var width = 900;
var height = 200;
var barPadding = 1;
var fillColor = 'steelblue';
function chart(selection){
selection.each(function (data) {
var barSpacing = height / data.length;
var barHeight = barSpacing - barPadding;
var maxValue = d3.max(data);
var widthScale = width / maxValue;
d3.select(this).append('svg')
.attr('height', height)
.attr('width', width)
.selectAll('rect')
.data(data)
.enter()
.append('rect')
.attr('y', function (d, i) { return i * barSpacing })
.attr('height', barHeight)
.attr('x', 0)
.attr('width', function (d) { return d*widthScale})
.style('fill', fillColor);
});
}
chart.width = function(value) {
if (!arguments.length) return margin;
width = value;
return chart;
};
chart.height = function(value) {
if (!arguments.length) return height;
height = value;
return chart;
};
chart.barPadding = function(value) {
if (!arguments.length) return barPadding;
barPadding = value;
return chart;
};
chart.fillColor = function(value) {
if (!arguments.length) return fillColor;
fillColor = value;
return chart;
};
return chart;
}
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